Ice-cream freezer



April 29, 1924.

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FREEZER.

Application filed Fesruery 21, 3922. serial Ito. iittifillh.

- To aZZ whom it may concern;

Be it known that we, Henson's L. JOHN- salon and MILTON K. Aliens, citizens of the United States, and residents of Troy, in the -5 county of Miami and State of ilhio heye invented certain new and useful Improvements in lfceflrearn Freezers, of which the follow ing is e full, clear, and exact description, reference losing had to the accompanying drewings, forming part of this specification.

The object of our invention is to supply a household freezer for the freezing of ice creann'custerds, and thelike, which can be readily and eesily attached to a power, orel ernbly electrically driven mixing nicotine,

so that the freezer mechanism can be conveniently driven by power.

Uther improvements relate to pro vided for properly centering the beater in the can to mechanism provided for indicsting the'progressive sti ening and herdening oi the material as it is frozen, without opening up the These features of novelty and other improvements in structure and operation will hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a central vertical section of the improved freezer: construction. Figure 2 is s top plan view with the cap over the driving gears removed.

" i in 'We have illustrated our improvements in connection with e type of ice cream freezer in which the can for holding the cream is rotats-d and the beater-held stationery. It will be understood, however, that many of the improvements are equally applicable to ice creein freezer constructions in which the heater is rotated and the can hold stationery.

The ordinary bucket, preferably made of wood, is indicated by 1. .2 is the can, usually made of sheet metal and provided with a. central cone-shaped bearing 3 at the bottom of the can, adapted to fit in the reessedbean ing t in the bottom of the bucket or ice jacket. 6 is the beater shaft provided with arms 7, 7, at top and bottom, with screpers 8, 3 preferably of wood, to hug the sides of the can. The heater is else provided with horizontal wings 9, 9, for stirring purposes.

. The can is provided with a top 10 which rests on the annular head 13. and this lid or top has cast integral therewith the beveled gear 12, which meshes with the beveled pin--5 ion; 13 on the shaft 14-. This shaft has its bearing in the yoke'lt, which is secured across the top of the ice bucket 1, pivoted at one side by short studs 16 and clamped. at the other side by the thumb nut 17. This yoke is provided with a, cover 18, to coverthe gearing, secured in place by the screw 19.

The yoke carries e central hub 20, into which the upper end of the beater shaft projects. The upper end of this shaft is squared at 21, and fitted over this squared portion in a squared socket therein is flanged sleeve 22. This sleeve carries an arm 23, which is secured by the coiled spring 24 to a convenient portion of the yoke. J This device, therefore, normally holds the heater in stationery position but adapted to rotate a short distance under the tension of the spring 24.

The shaft 1 1- projects outwardly end can 5 ries at its outer end at squared portion 25 which is adapted to fit in e squared recess in a driving; sleeve 26, which is mounted in a flanged hub 27, which e tends outwardly from a framework 28 of any suitable niixing machine or any other power driven machine from which it is desired to derive powerfor rotating the shaft 14, and thus rotating the can 2 through the gears 12 and 13.

n order to conveniently mount tliei reezer on socl 'a machine, the hub 2? is provided with a pin 29 projecting from one side and the thumb screw 30 from the other.

Pivoted preferably ,on the pivot pins 16, is a latch 31 provided with slots 82 to form a book ends head 33 for operating the latch.

At the bottom of the bucket is secured a casting 34 in which is pivoted an adjustable rod 35 which carries its lower end a projecting piece 36 adapted to engage in e snitable socket or openlng 37 provided for the pur ose in the base 38 of the machine.

The freezer is hooked by the latch 81 on held in proper position and is prevented from revolving or changing its position during the freezing of the material,

Inasmuch as the supporting leg 35 is pivoted when it is desired to remove the freezer and operate it manually by the usual hand crank fitted to the end of the shaft i l, the leg can be turned up. out-of the wa into the position shown in the dotted lines in Figure 1.

The bucket l. is provided with an aperture 39 on the driving side, which aperture is furnished with a chute 0, so as to direct the overflow of water from the melting ice into the bowl 41 of the mixing machine,

in order to enable the operator to properl center the can Q in the freezer bucket, we provide a plurality of properly bent rods 42 around the sides of the bucket at the bottom.

lln view of the construction which has been heretofore described, by means of which the heater is secured by the coiled spring 24 to the fixed yoke, it will be obvious that under light tension at the commencement of the operation the beater will be held in fixed position as the can is rotated, but that as the material in the freezing can hardens, the beater will be subject to increasing torsional strains and the spring" 24 will elongate, allowing the arm 21 to turn. in this way, the operator can determine the hardness of the mixture, and when the same becomes sufliciently hardened, this will be clearly indicated.

in order to guide the freezer shaft readily into the squared opening in the driving sleeve of the machine, the outer end of this driving shaft is made somewhat conical, and for the same reason the hub in which the machine driving sleeve is mounted is formed with a slightly conical recess.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an ice cream freezer, the combination with the frame, of a can and a heater, one part rotatable and the other relatively fixed, a yielding connection for the relatively fixed member with the frame, whereby the said member may shift under the rotation of the rotatable member, and an indicator to indicate the amount of resistance imparted to the rotatable member as the material congeals 2. in an ice cream freezer, the combination with the frame, of a can and a heater, one part rotatable and the other relatively incense fixed, a coiled spring connecting the rela tively fixed member with the frame, Whereby the said member may shift under the rotation of the rotatable member, and means to indicate the resistance imparted to the rotatable member the material congeals,

8. In an ice cream freezer, the combination with the frame, of a can to hold the material to be frozen, means for rotating the can, a heater mounted on the can and means for resiliently securing the beater to the frame with an indicating devi e to indicate the amount of movement of the beater as the material in the can congeals,

t, In an ice cream freezer, the combination with the frame, of a can to holdv the material to be frozen, means for rotating the can, beater -mcauited in the can and a coiled spring for securingthe beater to the frame ith an indicating device to indicate the amount of movement of the beater as the material in the can congeals,

5, an icecream freezer, the combination with the frame, of a can and gearing for rotating the s me, a heaterin the can, a coupling member secured to the beater, adapted to rotate in frame, and resilientmeans to secure the coupling member to the frame to permit movement of the beater as the material in the can congeels.

6. In an ice cream freezer, the combine tion with the frame, of a can and gearing for rotating the same, a heater in the can, a coupling member secured to the beater, adapted to rotate in the frame, an arm on the coupling member and a spring for se curing the arm to the frame to permit move inent of the beater and to indicate the extent the material has congealed.

7'. lln an ice cream freezer, means for sup porting the freezer upon apower driven machine, comprising a latch pivoted to the bucket near its upper edge and a leg or sup port for the bucket pivoted at its lower edge, a driving member on the power driven ma= chine, va driving shaft for the freezer, and means coupling the freezer shaft to the driving member in alignment with the latch sup port, V Y

8. In an ice cream freezer, means for supporting the freezer upon a power driven machine, comprising a latch pivoted to the bucket near its upper edge and a leg or sup port for the bucket pivoted at its lower edge, a driving; member on the power driven machine, a hub in which the driving member is journaled with pins projecting laterally from the hub for engagement by the latch, a driving shaft for the freezer, and means coupling the freezer shaft to the driving member in alignment with the latch sup port.

9, in an ice cream freezer, means for sup porting the freezer upon a power driven machine, comprising a latch pivoted to the lit;

bucket near its upper edge and a leg or supopening below the. latch support, and a chute port for the bucket pivoted at its lower edge, for directing the salt Water from the bucket a driving member on the power driven maand a bowl on the power driven machine to l chine, a driving shaft for the freezer, and receive the same.

e means coupling the freezer shaft to the driving member in alignment with the latch HERBERT L. JOHNSTON. support, the freezer bucket provided with an -MILTON K. AKERS. 

